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PiSL Early Childhood Curriculum

We provide a complete early childhood curriculum.
  • The PiSL Early Childhood Curriculum (ECC) is a developmentally appropriate, culturally relevant early learning program that provides the fundamentals skills research has shown children need for school success. 
  • The PiSL ECC is based on eight developmental domains that support the "whole child." The curriculum is sequential and age-appropriate. Teachers feel empowered as they deliver fun and engaging lessons with their students.
  • The PiSL ECC was developed to use primarily "sustainable" instructional materials, such as natural items (stones, sticks), recycled objects (plastic bottles, newspapers, cardboard) and materials from local markets (fabric, plastic cups and plates, straws, string).  When materials are lost or broken, teachers can replace them at minimal expense.
  • Materials also include essentials such as a felt/white board, felt characters to tell stories, balls, play rings and local musical instruments.
  • Each child is provided a toothbrush, comb and washcloth to use each morning.
PicturePaper clip chains develop small motor skills & eye-hand coordination
Whole Child Developmental Domains
Mind
  • Cognitive Development
  • Language Development
  • Early Literacy Skills
  • Early Mathematics Skills
Body
  • Physical Development (Large & small motor)
  • Health, Safety & Self-Help Skills
Heart
  • Social-Emotional Development
  • Creative Arts Expression

"Sustainable" Instructional Materials in the PiSL Early Childhood Curriculum
LARGE MOTOR DEVELOPMENT: Handmade bean bag filled with small pebbles
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: Flannel board chick and egg to teach prepositions (under, over, between, in, beside)
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Classroom Rules
SMALL MOTOR DEVELOPMENT: Paper clip chain to develop finger strength and dexterity
LARGE MOTOR DEVELOPMENT: Balls for outside play
EARLY MATHEMATICS SKILLS: Match to number cards or correct number of objects
EARLY LITERACY SKILLS: Traditional story written and illustrated about Nepal's Kissing Trees
COGNITIVE DEVELEOPMENT: Shape and color puzzle
CREATIVE ARTS EXPRESSION: Make up stories & play with finger puppets
Sample Lessons from the PiSL Early Childhood Curriculum
Large Motor Development: Red and Green
Objective: Children will develop large motor coordination and balance.
Materials: None
Activity: Teach children that RED means STOP; GREEN means GO. Children stand in a line on one side of the yard. Say GREEN to tell them to start running.  Let them run a second and then say RED. Every child should freeze. Any child who does not stop goes back to the start. The object of the game is to be the first to the other side of the yard.


Early Math Skills: Stones Away
Objective: Children will use one-to-one correspondence to solve a simple problem.
Materials: 3 stones for each child, name cards in a bag, bowl, Number 3 Block (handmade block with numbers 1-3 in English and Nepali)
Activity:
 Roll the Block. Pull a name from the bag. That child puts the number of stones on the Block in the bowl. Roll again and continue until every child has put all their stones in the bowl.
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  • Home
  • What We Do
    • Train Teachers
    • Provide Instructional Materials
    • Renovate and Furnish Classrooms
  • How We Do It
    • Why Early Education
    • PiSL Early Childhood Curriculum
    • Parent Education
    • Community Involvement
    • Partnerships
    • Earthquake Relief
  • Who We Are
    • The PiSL Story
    • Our Founder
    • Board of Directors
    • Contact Us
  • Nepal
    • Okhaldhunga Nepal >
      • Taluwa Project
      • Thulachhap Project
      • Bhadaure Project
    • Okharpauwa Nepal
    • Bardia Nepal
  • BUILD A CLASSROOM
  • SUPPORT A TEACHER